I think it's funny that Warren can't catch a break. The absolutists among the fundies consider him a traitor to the cause; we on the left think he's just Pat Robertson with a bit more pudge and a chin mullet.

As far as "top Christian" is concerned, I am reminded of Nietzsche's comment (inaccurate historically, but I think enlightening nevertheless) that there was only ever one true Christian and he died on the cross.

All I know about Rick Warren is that a friend of mine gave me his "Purpose Driven Life" and I couldn't get through, for yea and verily, it doth suck, and I know why some people call it Purpose Driven Drivel. Milk for the masses maybe.

About Me

A Yankee editor friend called me an "erudite redneck." That about sums it up. WHAT I'M READING .....
GORE VIDAL, "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated" (New York: Thunder's Mouth, 2002).
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS, "The Last Temptation of Christ" (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960).